Garment-hanger.



PATENTED JULY 21, 1903.

J. E. KNOWLTON.

GARMENT HANGER. APPLIOATION FILED mm. 18. 1901.

N0 MODEL.

=7 v I g j a 5 c2 WITNESSES INVENTOR BY M ATTORNEY UNITED STATES"Patented July 21, 1903.

JOHN E. KNOWLTON, OF 'PUTNAM, CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 734,128, dated. July21, 1903.

Application filed December 18, 1901. Serial No. 86,392. (No modeL) Toall whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN E. KNOWLTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Putnam, in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Thisinvention is in theclass of portable devices provided for suspendingcoat, vest, and trousers together or either of them separately, my chiefaim being to produce a garment-hanger of very simple and cheapconstruction;

To aid in explaining my said invention, I have provided the accompanyingsheet of drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 aplan view, of a garment-hanger of my improved form. Fig. 3 is across-sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, the letter a indicates th principal memberto wit, theframe-of my garment-hanger, said frame being preferably of wood andcurved to correspond approximately to the curve of the shoulders of anadult person. Near the ends of said frame (on one of its sides) areoutwardly-curved portions (1., that lie within the upper sides of thesleeves of acoat when the hanger is in use,thus avoiding the creasing ofthe cloth that results when a straight frame ais used,and saidprojections also serve to support a considerable part of the weight of acoat instead of allowing it to rest entirely upon the angular portion ofthe middle part of the frame a, as is most common in this class ofdevices.

The hanger may be suspended by means of a hook I), that is screwed orotherwise secured to the upper side of the frame a, the said hook beingso secured to the frame that it may be readily removed for convenienceof packing and shipping.

Secured to the under side of the frame a, near each of its ends, is aflexible cord 0, the central portion of said cord being secured to theframe, as here shown, by staples d, that are driven firmly into thewood, and the free ends of each cord are looped to form buttonholes 0'of a size suitable to engage trousersbuttons.

The frame a serves as a support for a vest and for a coat, which lattermay be mounted over the vest, and the trousers may be supported bybuttoning the loops 0 over the buttons on opposite sides of saidtrousers. Thus an entire suit of clothes may be supported,or, as I havestated above, either garment may be supported independently of theothers.

The flexible trousers-supporters readily adjust themselves to garmentsof different sizes and do not crease or stretch the cloth, as do manyforms of trousers-hangers in which the legs or other parts are graspedby spring operated jaws. The curved projections a relieve the frameproper, a, of the entire weight of a coat and serve to keep said coat inits normal shape instead of stretching and distorting it at certainplaces, as often happens when a simple curved frame that is angular incross-section is used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a garment-hanger, acoat-supporting portion having means for supporting it and provided withlateral projections near its I to form buttonholes.

Signed at Putnam, Connecticut, this 12th day of December, 1901.

JOHN E. KNOWLTON. Witnesses:

ANNETTE P. KNoWL'roN, H. AMELIA JOHNSON.

